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Digging Ditches

Narrow, humble irrigation ditches called acequias sustain an endangered way of life but for how long?

This SeaWiFS view reveals the colourful interplay of currents on the sea's surface

Evidence for a Flood

Sediment layers suggest that 7,500 years ago Mediterranean water roared into the Black Sea

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The Sargasso Sea

Out in the Atlantic, strange creatures make their home among seaweed in a floating lens of warm water

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The Bosporus: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

Within the past ten years, 150 serious accidents have occurred in the world’s most dangerous strait. Each tanker that passes through is a potential bomb

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